Powder dispensing device



Oct. 25, 1938. H, c. MOORE POWDER DISPENSING DEVICE Original Filed May 18, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet l FIGB.

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- HAROLD C. MOORE Patented ct. 25, 1938 `Harold Moore, St. Louis, Mo., assigner of onehalf to John J. Starr Application zMay y18, 1936, Serial No. 80,310 Renewed March 10, 1938 f 4 Claims. (o1. 221-66) My invention relates to powder dispensing devices and more particularly to such devices for dispensing a cleaning powder in an' elongated path on a tooth brush, hand brush or other simi- 5 lar cleaning implement wherein it is desirable that the powder be spread throughout the length of the brush. Y i

Heretofore, in powder dispensing devices which have been made, the powder` was allowed to ii'ow from the container at one point only, that is,

the powder was deposited at a single place relative to the length of the article receiving it.

Therefore, such dispensing devices were inefn fectual because, as explained above, to get full benefits the powdershould be dispensed in an elongated path throughout the length of the' brush in a single dispensing action. Further.- more, such devices as heretofore used have been intricate in design and construction with a resultant high cost of manufacture.

With these deficiencies of prior devices in mind, the objects of myinvention are to provide a cleaning powder dispensing device which will be simple in design and operation; to provide such a device which may be easily relled with the powder; to provide such a device which will have an inner container for the cleaning powder to be dispensed; and to provide a device wherein the powder will be dispensed in an elongated path.

While my invention may take various forms in different embodiments, I have shown herein as embodying my invention, a simple device combining a dispenser for tooth powder on a tooth brush and a holder for said brushes. In the accompanying drawings, Fig. l is a front elevation of the device; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a partial section through the dispensing apparatus; Fig. 4 is a view of the device with some ofthe parts removed, as will be explained below; Fig.

5 is a section along the lines 5-5 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a transverse view of the parts shown in Fig'. 4.

Referring to the figures, the combined tooth brush holder and powder dispensing device shown therein includes a horizontally arranged member I which may be secured to a Wall by means of screws 2 or by any other suitable expedient and which carries on its face a plurality of hooks 3 each adapted to receive the perforation at the nd of an ordinary tooth brush. If the member I is of an ornamental design, as shown in the drawings, the center section thereof is reduced or is otherwise formed to provide an attaching bar part 5 has outwardly extending iianges 6 valong each side edge thereof and has near its upper end a flange l formed and arranged to engage the attaching bar 4 of the member I. Also, a portion as at 8 of the base part is bent outwardly so 5v that the'device will be maintained in properV vertical position away from the wall. I prefer that the part 5 is extended downwardly, asshown in the figures, and then bent outwardly to proy vide a-shield to catchpowder which through accil0 dent and inadvertence is not deposited'on the brush. f

Attached to the base part 5 is a hopper I0 shaped to receive the open end of a container II for powder. Preferably, the bottom walls I2 of l5 the .hopper I0 converge downwardly so that the natural flow of the powder will be toward a sump formed by the walls. Fastened by any suitable means to the hopper I0 is the dispensing apparatus proper which consists, in this embodiment, of 20 a iixed plate I3 Varranged between adjacent ends of the bottom walls I2 of the hopper and having therein an aligned series of perforations I4. Slidably mounted on the upper surface of the xed plate I3 is a movable plate I5 having an 25 aligned series of openings I 6 adapted to be registered by manipulation of said plate with the openings I4. The plate I5, in this embodiment, may be moved by pressure on a button II carried by a shaft I8 iixed to the movable plate. A spring 30 I9 is arranged normally to hold the plate in a position in which the perforations I6 are out of register with the perforations I4. Preferably, the back verticalwall of the hopper I 0 has an inwardly extending port to engage the end of the 35 movable plate I6 and prevent powder from being packed between the end of the plate and the Wall.

I prefer that an agitating device operated by manipulation of the dispensing device be provided and in the apparatus as shown such agi- 40 tating device comprises a series of short pins 20 extending vertically upwardly from and preferably at right angles to the movable plate I5. While the pins 20 may be mounted at any points on the plate I5, I prefer that they be mounted 45 in the space between adjacent holes IG, as shown in Figs. 3, 5 and. 6 and for the purposes more fully outlined below.

A decorative hood or shield 2| may be provided to cover the container II and other parts and 50 to give a finished and attractive appearance to the device. Preferably, the cover has knobs 22 formed in the marginal side edges thereof which knobs have a spring fit with indentations 23 formed in the flanges 6.

The operation of theembodiment of my device as described above, is as follows:-

The brush on which the cleaning powder is to be dispensed is held below the elongated outlet 24 from the dispenser. The button I'I is pressed inwardly and moves the plate I5 into a position wherein the openings I6 register with the openings I4 in the xed plate I3. Powder will then ilow through said openings onto the brush in an elongated path so that the entire length of the brush is covered. If the powder becomes caked or set in the hopper I the pins 20 moving with the plate I will agitate the powder and assure a free iiow through the openings. While powder may be dumped in the hopper which may beof any size, I prefer that, as stated above, the'hopper be shaped to receive the open end of a can or other container II, preferably, the container in which the powder is marketed by the manufacturer thereof. Sometimes it will be necessary in putting a new and full container in the device toV remove the device from the member I, turn it upside down and then after removing the hood 2l insert the container II in place before the device is again inverted and put back in place.

It should be understood that although I have shown in the accompanyingdrawings one embodiment only of a dispensing device made according to my invention I do not intend to limit Vmyself to the exact form shown and described,

because the size, shape, construction and arrangement of the various parts may be changed within wide limits without deviating from 4the spirit of my invention and without departing from the ambit of the` appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:- n

1. A powder dispensing device comprising a base part adapted and arranged to be supported on a wall, said base part having mounted thereon a hopper for powder, said hopper being arranged to-receive a powder container and having an elongated path through which powder may ow therefrom, means for controlling the flow of powder from said hopper, and a hood detachably secured to said base part and arranged to conceal said hopper and said container. Y

2. A powder dispensing device comprising a base part adapted and arranged to be supported on a wall, said base part having secured thereto a hopper for powder, said hopper having its upper walls adapted to receive the upper end of a pow- `der container and having an elongated path through which powder may flow therefrom, manually operable means for controlling the ow of powder from said hopper, and a hood detachably secured to said base part and arranged to conceal said hopper and said container.

3. A powder dispensing device comprising an attaching member adapted to be secured to a. wall, a base part detachably secured to said atta'ching member, said base part having mounted thereon a hopper for powder, said hopper being arranged to receive the open end of a powder container and having an elongated path through which powder may iiow therefrom, means for controlling the flow of powder from said hopper and a hood detachably secured to said base part and arranged to conceal said hopper and said container. 4

4. A powder dispensing device comprising an attaching member adapted tobe secured to a wall and having a plurality of hooks formed thereon, a base part detachably secured to said attaching memben'said base part having mounted thereon a hopper for powder, said hopper being arranged to receive the open end of a powder container and having an elongated path through which powder may ow therefrom, means for controlling the ow of powder fromsaid hopper and a hood detachably secured to said base part and arranged to conceal said hopper and said container.

HAROLD C. MOORE. 

